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The Mountain Guide Manual
The Comprehensive Reference--From Belaying to Rope Systems and Self-Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Written by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association (IFMGA) certified mountain guides Marc Chauvin and Rob Coppolillo, The Mountain Guide Manual is the go-to reference for novice and experienced mountain guides, as well as advanced recreationalists. Covering everything from rope...
The Fab Four (Solo Years)
Pop Gallery eBooks, #9
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
“The Fab Four (Solo Years)” (Includes Video Notebooks at the End of the Manuscript) There is nothing subjective about this eBook on The Beatle’s solo work after the break-up in 1970. I have definitive opinions on the quality of the solo work put out by these amazing artists once they left the “Beatles...
Allum's Antiques Almanac 2016
An Annual Compendium of Stories and Facts From the World of Art and Antiques
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
From BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist and author Marc Allum comes the second instalment of his annual almanac, revealing the current news, tall tales and tasty titbits from the year in art, antiques and collectables: What do London Bridge and a £40,000 corkscrew have in common? Which famous pop star...
Allum's Antiques Almanac 2015
An Annual Compendium of Stories and Facts From the World of Art and Antiques
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
From the BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist and author who brought you The Antiques Magpie comes the first annual almanac keeping you bang up to date with the vibrant, pacey and often amusingly idiosyncratic global art and antiques market. Find out: * How much the wedding ring of Lee Harvey Oswald sold...
Philosophy before the Greeks
The Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
There is a growing recognition that philosophy isn't unique to the West, that it didn't begin only with the classical Greeks, and that Greek philosophy was influenced by Near Eastern traditions. Yet even today there is a widespread assumption that what came before the Greeks was "before philosophy."...
Hungochani, Second Edition
The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
In the tapestry of global queer cultures Africa has long been neglected or stereotyped. In Hungochani, Marc Epprecht seeks to change these limited views by tracing Southern Africa's history and traditions of homosexuality, modern gay and lesbian identities, and the vibrant gay rights movement that has...
by Umberto Eco, Marc Augé, George Didi-Huberman
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Umberto Eco con allegria e ironia, Marc Augé con generosità e spirito d’osservazione, Georges Didi-Huberman con creatività e libertà ci offrono qui una riflessione sulla loro esperienza delle immagini. Le parole di tre grandi autori del nostro tempo per parlare di media e società. Per confrontare...
Moths, Myths, and Mosquitoes
The Eccentric Life of Harrison G. Dyar, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
On September 26, 1924, the ground collapsed beneath a truck in a back alley in Washington, D.C., revealing a mysterious underground labyrinth. In spite of wild speculations, the tunnel was not the work of German spies, but rather an aging, eccentric Smithsonian scientist named Harrison Gray Dyar,...
A Naval History of the Peloponnesian War
Ships, Men and Money in the War at Sea, 431-404 BC
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Naval power played a vital role in the Peloponnesian War. The conflict pitted Athens against a powerful coalition including the preeminent land power of the day, Sparta. Only Athens’ superior fleet, her ‘wooden walls’, by protecting her vital supply routes allowed her to survive. It also allowed...
by Marc Dudley, Linda Wagner-Martin
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019
The Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, James Baldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on in the eloquent and still-relevant musings of his novels, short stories, essays, and poems. What concerned him most—as a black man, as a gay man, as an American—were notions of isolation...
How to Live Forever
The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
The secret to happiness, longevity, and living on is through mentoring the next generation
In How to Live Forever, Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life's most urgent questions: With so many living so much longer,...
Overtapped Oasis
Reform Or Revolution For Western Water
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Overtapped Oasis analyzes the West's water allocation system from top to bottom and offers dozens of revolutionary proposals for increased efficiency and policy reform. Marc Reisner and Sarah Bates argue that the West's underlying problem is not a shortage of water but the inefficiuse of it, a problem...
by Marc Botha
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
The explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music and literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of the most radical and decisive revolutions in aesthetic history. Detested by some, embraced by others, minimalism's influence was immediate, pervasive and lasting, significantly...
by Marc Zirogiannis
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Sam and Laura Job have the perfect life. They have a wonderful marriage. Beautiful children. Two great careers. They have a beautiful house in the suburbs. The Jobs are bestowed with all the blessings modern life has to offer. Their life was idyllic until a moment of tragedy changed everything for them,...